Position: Senior research scientist, Plant & Food Research. Field: Phytochemical antioxidants. David was born in England and attended Wallington High School, near London, where he discovered ...
Position: Founder, Zealong. Field: Horticulture. Meet Vincent Chen, founder of Zealong, a successful New Zealand company that grows, processes and packages a tea that is unique in New Zealand and ...
Position: Former Quality Control Manager, Zealong Field: Horticulture. Key skills, attitudes and values for innovation Fabien is part of the strong team culture at Zealong where employees share a ...
In this activity, students use industry methods to test and analyse some attributes of a variety of different apples. They use the findings to create an apple attributes chart to highlight key ...
In this activity, students conduct focus group research to generate consumer feedback on a proposed future apple variety. The activity forms part of the unit plan Developing future apple ...
In this activity, students test and compare the firmness of different apple varieties using an instrumental method adapted for the classroom. The activity forms part of the unit plan Developing ...
Myrtle rust is a serious biosecurity threat, and help is needed to monitor its spread. This citizen science project aims to gather information on the location, hosts and intensity of this fungal ...
By comparing some features of fossilised plants with the same features of plants living today, scientists hope to be able to learn more about the effect of changing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in ...
iNaturalist logs hundreds of thousands of photos of flora, fauna and fungi. There are even sound recordings too. Each is described and geo located. iNaturalist is used by citizens and scientists ...
In this unit, students investigate trends and drivers and what may be possible and preferable attributes for new fruit varieties in the future. Purpose To understand the influences currently ...
A Year 9 class visited a local lavender farm as part of a biotechnology unit investigating the production, packaging and marketing of lavender oil for aromatherapy. The purpose of the field trip ...
Farming is a way of life in New Zealand. Farms cover about half of the country’s land and are important to our economy. Agriculture has shaped who we are as a nation, but it has also had a big ...
Plant & Food Research’s Dr David Stevenson explains what free radicals are and how they are produced. He outlines the role of cellular structures called mitochondria in the production of free ...
Vincent Chen, founder of Zealong, shares his advice to young people to encourage skills for innovation. He highlights the importance of confidence and learning from others, in particular, the ...
Fabien Maisonneuve explains the importance of innovation for enabling New Zealand businesses to compete in the global marketplace and help drive the country’s economy.
This timeline follows the discovery of the bacterial disease Psa (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae) in New Zealand, the combined efforts to first contain and manage the disease and the ...
About 45 different attributes are assessed at various stages of developing a new apple cultivar at Plant & Food Research. Click on the labels in this interactive to learn about some of these ...
This interactive illustrates a technique used by scientists to generate transgenic plants.
